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2 Vote On Idea Do we need to create a training module for Scouts and Venturers to smooth their public Service projects? Include how to write proposals, securing building and/or public gathering permits, discuss liability issues, and other sspects of plaaning a project Comments (0) Category/Tags : Other (39) training boy scouts venturing
1 Vote On Idea For a District Executive and their district committee to better understand the health of the units, keeping track of advancements is the pulse of the success of a district. Currently upon request the district advancement chair can ask someone in the office to run a monthly district advancment report.
2 Vote On Idea With all of the many creative minds designing recruitment flyers, why not have a central location where these templates can be downloaded by DEs for district use. Maybe even have a rating system for best flyer design! Comments (0) Category/Tags : Cub Scouting (12) recruiting tools
2 Vote On Idea The name & address of the donor that prints on the bottom half of the billing statement form does not show completely in a window envelope. Can the form be changed to move the name and address down a line or two?
5 Vote On Idea Over the course of my career, there were many times at Cub Scout Day Camp that we could have just run kickball all day long and the boys would have been thrilled. A wonderful blend of two universal favorites: baseball & soccer, it takes some athletic ability, but not as much as…
1 Vote On Idea A nationally subscribed CRM solution would provide economy of scale that most local council's cannot afford. Connecting it to the ScoutNET database and allowing local tie in to Outlook and even possibly telephone systems could have added value.
2 Vote On Idea Today most children are developing earlier than ever due to preschools starting the kids at the earliest age possible. BSA needs to be in tune with the desires of the majority of parents. This would increase retention and membership while giving BSA an opportunity to work with local and national preschools…
1 Vote On Idea Local United Ways use QBase www.qbase.net to garner more information on prospects and doners. We could do the same or leverage our relationship with ChoicePoint/Equifax to populate our database and keep in current. This may be something that is on the wish-list already for the MyBSA Fundraising program.
0 Vote On Idea Consider subscribing to a national change of address database service through an approved USPS vendor. Push this data through ScoutNet. This would reduce the number of returned mailings and could be cost neutral to Scouting as a whole. Comments (0) Category/Tags : Technology (64)
0 Vote On Idea In keeping with the idea of catch and release that is taught in these badges I think it is time to remove the clean and cook requirement. Many people enjoy fishing and never keep any of the fish they catch.
2 Vote On Idea What is the best way to offer a nationally driven solution to finding out which companies offer matching gift programs? Having each council find, link into and pay for a resource seems inefficient. Could this be coordinated at the national level? Comments (0) Category/Tags : Fundraising & Sponsorships (17)
0 Vote On Idea Scouting faces stiff competition from video games, this badge may be a way to bring those boys into scouting, or keep thier interest peaked Comments (0) Category/Tags : Boy Scouting (20)
0 Vote On Idea The recent organizational changes at the National office were implemented to break down silos and remove bureaucracy. I think this is a good first step, but in order to progress and completely remove these silos, we need to build a culture of collaboration.
-1 Vote On Idea In the year of a Scout Executive change, a Counicl should not be in the running for Quality Counicl. A Scout Executive should be in place 12 months before the Counicl can be considered for Quailtiy Counicl Comments (0) Category/Tags : Other (36)
0 Vote On Idea With many councils coming up short on budgets, it is apparent that a lot of Councils that are "inherited" are found to be in some sort of quagmire. As part of the Administrative Review process, if a council is found to be in a situation or possess a number of deficiencies…
1 Vote On Idea With so many new Scout Executives anticipated in the next several years, it would be nice to have a brand new SE "either assigned or selected from an approved listing) have a seasoned SE as a mentor.
0 Vote On Idea Begin a new period (week or month) with a theme, like: “How can local councils increase membership in minority areas?” or “How can local councils increase traditional membership?” or “What changes need to be made to the program to attract today’s youth?”.
1 Vote On Idea Money, Improve Efficiency In the New BSA, it’s all about individual contributors making the difference and employees using their brains to collectively contribute to a New BSA. Brand Management and Marketing should publish guidelines that allow us to make individual decision for the collective benefit of BSA.
1 Vote On Idea By outsourcing the fulfillment side of the National Distribution Center to a company like Amazon or UPS, BSA could leverage their global sourcing and logistics strengths while reducing BSA’s capital commitment and still retain control of the brand and marketing of BSA merchandise.
1 Vote On Idea We have several requests from parents and Eagle Scouts for a wallet-size paper card showing the rank of Eagle. Most of our Eagle Scouts create a permanent display of all awards, etc. and want a card to be part of it.
1 Vote On Idea When entering advancement it would certainly speed thing up if the youth were not just listed in alpha order by last name, but first name as well. It would also be VERY helpful if both the first and middle name or intial were part of the list.
0 Vote On Idea I have received at least a half dozen calls regarding the internet advancement application. The volunteers do not know that if they submit additions or corrections through our Program Center during the year that they need to refresh the roster in internet advancement.
-1 Vote On Idea I am looking to find a contact, or a place on where to start in the discussion of the creation of a new Belt Loop. I would like to submit that a belt loop for Martial Arts be created.
0 Vote On Idea Many food items will occasionally have special branding to donate to a cause. Why not have Coca-Cola, Little Debbie, cereals, etc. include information about 100 years of Scouting on their packaging and in return give a very small percent back to Scouting - maybe a penny each.
0 Vote On Idea When transferring youth to another unit especially if there are Ap/PS involved the adults also should be transferred to the new unit. In other words they should not be left on the roster if their child is moving to another unit.
1 Vote On Idea In the wake of school violence, many school districts have turned to using an automated phone system. The phone system has the capability of calling hundreds, if not thousands, of phone numbers at one time and delivering a recorded message.
2 Vote On Idea I hear from many of my volunteers that they would love to see the various registration forms, but specifically the New Adult and New Youth Applications, transformed into digitally fillable .pdf files. Their argument is that this would greatly simplify the process in today's digital world.
0 Vote On Idea I just noticed on www.lds.org/abrandnewyear that the LDS Church is preparing to launch a youth website. It might be good to watch how that develops to get ideas for a BSA youth website format. Also, it would be great if a BSA youth website had a "New Idea" input blog like…
0 Vote On Idea When making a payment to a vendor for an electronic payment, please allow us to pay more than one invoice at a time. It is time consuming to have to go into each invoice and mark it paid rather than being able to select the total you are paying and mark…
3 Vote On Idea Is it possible to have the ‘Other’ Registrant Membership Certificates to automatically generate labels like it does for ‘Unit’ registrants? My council mails out Membership Certificates to all the ‘other’ registrants, and it is so time consuming to have to look up address in ScoutNET and hand write/type the labels for…
1 Vote On Idea It would be nice to have email address show up on "PAS Find" personal profile. It could be on the List at left under "Home Phone" "Work Phone" ect.. ALso add Mobile Phone. I assume this data is pulled from ScoutNet.
0 Vote On Idea Many postings have been recommendations for resources that already exist. Often times existing resources are hard to locate or access to them is limited or restricted. For example, the foundation search engine can be located on the MyBSA resources home page but sample successful foundation proposals are accessed through the FSD…
-13 Vote On Idea In response to the numerous postings about adding various merit badges to the current program, how about creating one new badge known as "design your own'? A Scout could work with an adult leader or counselor to show proficiency in a field of interest that is outside of the merit badge…
8 Vote On Idea How about a wesite solely for DE resources. Where there could be ideas posted for different Boy Talks, fliers, recruiting, FOS events... A site where different (and effective) documents, agendas, programs (such as backdating software), camporee, and daycamp ideas are easily accessible.
10 Vote On Idea It seems that many times we are asking ourselves how we can improve our program, attract more youth, and raise more money. I would like to suggest a moderated "Innovation Engine" for volunteers. We need to ask them the questions about such things as: girls in Cub Scouts, Weblos program changes…
-1 Vote On Idea For the Council CBC Administrator it would be extremely helpful and timesaving if after you have reviewed the data on the volunteers in Choicepoint you could "Select All" - then unselect the few you don't want to delete or take another action on.
5 Vote On Idea I was thinking, after years of service and building relationships, it would be good to provide retirees with their current email address. I would think that the current system could handle it. There might be a short transistion period of still receiving emails, like when moving from one assignment to another…
16 Vote On Idea Many council websites are poorly done. They use designs from the early 90s (when the worldwide web was just starting). Most of all, visitors to some sites can't even tell the site is a BSA site.
0 Vote On Idea I would like to see the folded shirts arrive without the plastic tabs. Are these tabs an essential item to Scout shops? Everytime I remove them I think about how many years that plastic tab will be in a landfill. Comments (0) Category/Tags : Other (35)
3 Vote On Idea Just thinking. After years of service, and building relationships, professionals should be allowed to keep their BSA emails addresses. Understanding that their needs to be a transition or passing of the torch, but after awhile that would be taken care of naturally.
